Brendan F. Boyce, M.B.Ch.B.

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Director of Anatomic Pathology. An internationally recognized expert in bone biology, osteoporosis, and metabolic bone disease, Dr. Boyce is also a diagnostic surgical pathologist with a sub-specialty interest in bone and soft tissue pathology. He served as Director of Surgical Patholgy from 1999-2007. His research laboratory studies regulatory mechanisms controlling osteoblast and osteoclast function, in particular where there is the potential of opening up new therapeutic pathways for preventing or treating osteoporosis. He was the first to report osteoclast apoptosis in 1996, and has been funded continuously since then to study the osteoclast, which is essential for bone modeling and remodeling and mediates bone loss in common bone diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Awards & Honors (Local)

Secretary/Treasurer, American Society for Bone & Mineral Research

2011 - 2013

Treasurer, United States Biological Stain Commission

2010 - Present

Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Bones and Teeth

2009

Vice Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Bone and Teeth

2007

Young Investigator of Year Award from Amer. Society for Bone & Mineral Research to Dr. Qian Zhang (post-doc fellow in my lab)

2007

Young Investigator of Year Award from Amer. Society for Bone & Mineral Research to Dr. Qian Zhang (post-doc fellow in my lab)

2005

Young Investigator of Year Award from International Society of Bone Morphometry to Dr. Zhenqiang Yao (post-doc fellow in my lab)

2005

Secretary/Treasurer, Association of Osteobiology

2003 - 2006

President International Society of Bone Morphometry

2002 - 2006

Council Member Association of Osteobiology

2001 - 2007

Travel Award From American Society for Bone and Mineral Research to Dr. Lianping Xing from my lab

2000

Member, Board of Directors International Society of Bone Morphometry

1999 - Present

New Investigator Award From Orthopaedic Research Society to Dr. Lianping Xing (post-doctoral fellow in my lab)

1999

Travel Award From American Society for Bone and Mineral Research to Dr. Sheela Rani (post-doctoral fellow in my lab)